OnShape is the ideal solution for quickly prototyping by making revisions super simple
January 05, 2018
OnShape is the ideal solution for quickly prototyping by making revisions super simple
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Onshape
I use OnShape a lot personally as a quick way to iterate through designs for functional 3D printing and laser cutting. [For] Advanced students I show OnShape as the next step up from TinkerCAD because it allows much more accurate design and ease of making revisions.
- Allow for easy and fast design of functional parts that need to meet specific requirements
- Allows for easy iteration of designs with the timeline and ability to use variables
- Allows for easy use of multiple measurement systems - You can define a circle in mm and its distance in inches. And OnShape saves the formula and not just the value. So you can go back and change 1/2in to 1/4 in and not have to edit 0.5 to 0.25 (as a basic example)
- You can mix measurement systems and define a shape with something like 2 inches + 5mm
- Easy access to featurescripts that are useful should be more called out and described
- Quick export of designs for laser cutting without having to generate a drawing
- Formatted export of designs for laser cutting by designating various lines as certain colors and giving everything a stroke width of .001
- It is a huge time saver!
- Fusion 360, TinkerCAD, SolidWorks and Blender
Ease of use, the fact that it's in the cloud (so fast and always accessible) and intuitive design without clutter. TinkerCAD is only for beginners, Blender is for design and art, Fusion 360 is cluttered and confusing, and SolidWorks is pretty close to onshape but its cost and platform requirements are a non-starter.